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UPDATED: Saturday’s district job fair set records (video)
0A record number of job candidates registered for and attended Saturday’s district job fair at Emmett J. Conrad High School. More than 2,250 candidates registered for and nearly 1,200 candidates attended the event. District schools made job offers to 406 candidates at the event. “I am personally excited that this is one of our biggest job fairs we’ve ever had,” said Jordan Carlton, talent leader for the district’s Human Capital Management (HCM) department. Saturday marked the district’s first major job fair under its new teacher evaluation system that compensates teachers for their in-class performance. Prior to the event, Carlton said he’d heard…
Q&A with HCM Interim Director Karry Chapman
0In February, Dallas ISD hired Karry Chapman as the interim director of Human Capital Management. Chapman has 16 years of leadership experience in human resources for school districts in North Texas. With Chapman leading the Dallas ISD department for one month as of March 17, The Hub caught up with the Baylor University graduate to see how the job has gone so far. Below is a transcribed copy of the conversation. Why did you want to become the HCM interim director? Chapman: I served in another school district in a similar interim capacity. When Dallas ISD interviewed me, it seemed…
A look inside the annual district job fair
0Interviews, presentations on district initiatives, and excited faces of candidates hired-on-the-spot to teach at district schools were common sights at Emmett. J. Conrad High School during Saturday’s annual job fair. The job fair saw a record number of candidates—more than 2,250—register to attend the event. Every district school was in attendance, and Jordan Carlton, talent leader for the district’s Human Capital Management (HCM) department, said the event would play a significant role in meeting the district’s goal of zero vacancies by May 31. For the first time, the district offered a live online stream of presentations made at the job fair.…
State senator: Dallas ISD is ‘blazing a trail for others to follow’
0Yesterday, State lawmakers applauded Dallas ISD’s “innovative initiatives” that aim to place an effective teacher in every classroom. During a Texas Senate Education Committee hearing on a bill that would improve teacher evaluations, Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles briefed lawmakers on the district’s new teacher evaluation system that better identifies effective teachers. The new teacher evaluation system under the district’s Teacher Excellence Initiative includes “arguably the most fair, accurate, and rigorous large-scale teacher evaluation system in the nation,” Miles said. “We’ve had discussions in this committee that there are districts out there that are innovators,” Sen. Larry Taylor said. “And I…